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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-04

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The good qualities of the above machines arc
now we'll established.
We are selling them at as low price as they
can be purchased in any of the larger cities, and
are prepared to allow az much for old machines of
any kind as is possible
We lave seen so much good done by the "Do-
nestle" that we wish every family to have at
least one in their house. Prices fixed, but terms
accommodating.
Call and examine, or send for circular
oct22 L. s. LEADBEATER & BRO.
SEAsONABLE GOODS will be sold at very re-
NJ duced prices at SS King, corner Of Royal st.
Alexandria, Va. We name in part: Doors Of va
rious sizes and Adjustable Frames for windows
covered with wire, nice goods; Screen Wiro of as
sorted widths, in quantities to suit Fowler's Fly
Fans best quality, bronze bars Paragon Fly
Traps, detachable tops; Roach Traps, Cyclone pat
emit; Peerless leo Cream FreeZer5 Preserving
Kettles of all sorts also general assortment of
goods in the Hardware line at wholesale and re-
tail, to which We ask the attention of purchasers
at S8 King street.
je26 J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
COR EXCURsIoNIsTs-E Clipped Beef,
l. Sardines, Canned Salmon and Lobster. Potted
Meats, Crackers, Cakes, Lime Juice, Oranges,
Lemons, &c. &c, for sale by
ie2s JIG. MILBURN.
A FIRsr-RATE STOCKING For CHILDREN
"A 6 to S1a ribbed; white feet and all colors, at
10c per pair at
my1S AMOS B. sLAYMAKER,s
ENGLIsH and AMERICAN scYTHEs, Hay
~ Rakes, Scythe Stones, &C., at wholesale and
retail by
jc9 1T. CREIGHTON & son.
A FULL LINE OF FANCY BASKETS, in
"A Guiding LUNCH Fruit and Flower Baskets,
just received by
je2S &c. MILBURN.
nRINK MOXEY'S NERVE FOOD
~ for sale by
apo J.D.H.LUNT.
DRIME CREAM CHEESE for sale by
L jy21 &c. MILBURNs.
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FT1HE LARGEST and finest assortment over off
Il cred in this city of Haveland & Co IS and
other makes of French China After-Dinncr Cof-
fees, Fruit Plates, Ice Cream and Salad Sets,
Buckwheat Cake Plates new, Biscuit Jars, Tea
and Dinner Sets, besides many smaller articles too
numerous to mention. For sale by
1dec13 E. J. MILLER, SON & co.
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James R. Cation, p. q. jy30 w4w
VIRGINIA: In the Clerks office of the Corpo-
ration Count of tho city of Alexandria,
the 2Sth day of July, 1887.
John Lynch VS.. A. Il. White and ]. Guilford
White In chancery.
Memo. The object of this suit is to attach all
right title, interest and estate OF A. R. White in
the following property, and subject the same to
the payment of q debt amounting to the sum of
$50, with interest from July 10th, 1887, due by
note of defendants, to wit All that lot of ground
with the improvements thereon, in the city of
Alexandria, Virginia, situated on the south side
of Prince street, between Fayettc and Payne
streets, and bounded as follows: Beginning OH
the south side of Prince street LAG feet 1G inches
east of Payne, and running thence west on Prince
street 1S feet 5 inches; thence south parallel to
Payne street 100 feet to q 10.feet alley thence
east on said alley IS feet inches; thence north
in straight line 100 feet TO the beginning.
The defendants, A.. L. White and j. Guilford
White, not having entered their appearance
and given security according to the act of AS
sembly and the rules of this Court, and
it appearing by affidavit that they not
residents of this State: 1t is ordered that the
said defendants appear here within one month af-
ter due publication of this order. and do what is
necessary to protect their interest in this suit land
that copy of this order be forthwith inserted in
the ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, a newspaper published
in the city of Alexandria, once week for four
cessive weeks and posted at the front door of the
Court House of this city. copy-teste
JOHN s. BEACH, Clerk.
Marbury and Armstrong D. q. iy29 W4W
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VJEA SETS-We have just received the cheapest
il line of CARLSBAD and FRENCH CHINA
TEA SETS ever offered in this city, of AZ and Sc
pieces each, low-shaped cups and heavily gilded
and beautiful decorations. We are sure of shifting
both your taste and pocket if you are in need of
MI i-' 3 = '1'' . F. J. MILLER sON&co
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NREEN AND FIGURED SCREEN WIRE "a,
VI 80 and SO inches, wholesale and retail. at
SO King, corner of Royal street. You can buy
wire, and have Window snd Door Frames made
of better quality, to cost no more than the COM
mon Frames offered for. sale in the city. Call md
see. J. T. CREIGHTON s. SON,
ie4 S8 King cor. Royal ST.
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Opening and Closing Of the Malls

Opening and Closing Of the Mails.
Northern mails close at 7:30 and 1880 a. m.
and 1890, $50 and 7:30 p m. Open at $50
a. NJ, 1900 IN. and $50 p. m.
Southern mails via Richmond. Va, close at 5:45
and 10: 3Oa M, Alb and 900 p. m. Open at
$50 and 11:30 q. m.
Southwestern mails via Charlottesville, Va,
close at 500 and Ills a. m. and 800 p. m.
Open at $50 a. m, 1900 m. and $50 p. m.
Manassas Division mails close at 230 p. m.
Open st 1000 a. m.
Alexandria and Round Hill, Va, mails close at
$40 a. M and 400 p. m. Open at 900 a. m and
400 p m.
Closed mails to Falls Church, Vienna, Fairfax
C. H, Herndon, Leesburg and PuIcellville, Va,
close at 400 p. M. and open at 900 a. m.
Western mails close at 1890 4:15 and 1870
p NJ Open at $50 8. M, 1900 m. and 6:30 pm.
Washington, D. c., mails close at 7:30 and 1920
q M, and 1890, $50 and T:30 p. m. Open
at $50 and 1000 a. ~, 1900 m, and 300 and
$50 p. m.
Office Hours-open at $50 q. m. Close at $50
p. m. Open at ESQ p. m. Close at p. m.
Sunday Hours-0pen at 900 q. m. Close at
$50 q. M.
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HARDWARE, CUTLERY, &C., just received at
Ill SO King, corner of Royal street and for sale
at small characterization d retail. Rodgers
& Son and other make of Carvers and Forks, a
great variety. Rodgers q Son, and other make of
Table and Breakfast Knives. Genuine Rodgers
& Son, Heincsh and other make of Scissors.
Pocket Cutlery in great variety, several hundred
patterns. Table Knives, with Forks to match, at
low prices. Enterprise, Champion and other
Meat Cutters. all sizes. Brownies Flexible Rub
Der Weather Strips, the best in use, with great
variety Of other goods in our line, for sale cheap
Special attention is asked to largo job lot of
Trays Solid Steel Seaside Scissors and Shears for
sale at a large deduction from usual prices. Call
and sec, at 9S King, corner of Royal street.
dec7 J.T. CREIGHTON & SON.
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" and vastly superior to any other plaster for
destroying pain wherever located or from what
ever cause produced together with all the other
Cuticura Preparations, Ointments, Resolvents,
Soaps, &C., just received at
WAKEFIELD & HALLS,
apt Corner Prince and Fairfax SITS.
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Successors to r. q. Stsblerl

I STABLER q GU,
Successors to B. a. stabler)
DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS,
N. W. Corner King and Washington Streets
Dealers in Patent Medicines, Drugs, Cigars and
Cigarettes, Fine Tooth Brushes, Nail Brushes,
German and Domestic Cologne Hair Brushes,
Sponges, Flesh Straps &C. Especial care given to
prescriptions. jan29-tf
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be prepared to give up drinking. And because
this is go, these practical temperance people hold
that the men who do the mischief should be
made to pay for some of it; and to that end the
fine laid on their business should be increased.
New York Tribune
IT will be time to make fight for the amend
ment of the interstatecommerce law when it is
found that the commissioners cannot will not
give it an Interpretation that will mitigate the
ruinous effects of it's arbitrary provisions. AL
ready it is demonstrated convincingly that the
fourth section the widest and most Grimm
ally reckless piece of legislation ever enacted by
law making body, and that the only thing
which prevents widespread panic and business
ruin is the power delegated to five men to null
~ the law whenever they are graclously minded
so to do.-Minneapolis Tribune.
A MONETARY triumph has been achieved not
by John Arensdorf-for he is merely the victim
OF crafter men-but by the cabai which has put
him to the front Sioux City must arise and
crush out the venomous breed that infests her
domain or be herself stung to the death. The
State of Iowa must arise in the might of right
eous indignation and obliterate the crimson
stain on her escutcheon. Law must be shown In
the vigor OF its superiority to crime; truth must
De made to shine out in its briliancy over per-
jury; and the power of city and State authority
must be manifested over the Vaccinations of in
dlviduai consplrators, or the credit of that lnu-
nicipallty and the dignity of that State will be-
come the subject of contempt in the minds Of
honest men-Chicago News.
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MRS. vILAS'S PORTRAIT
Was the One About to Embellish the Litho-
graphs of the Cigarette Trade.

Was the One About to Embellish the Litho-
graphs of the Cigarette Trade.
New York Special.
The latest files of the London Figaro contain
a story concerning Postmaster general Villas,
which, apart from its chestnuty flavor. illus
trates the old adage anent going away from home
to get news. The Figaros yarn is as follows:
THE Postmaster general of the United States
recently commissioned fashionable st. Louis
artist to paint the portrait of his wife, who is an
acknowledged American beauty. The portrait
was duly painted and sent home. and no word of
complaint was heard from Mr. Villas until an ap-
plication was made to him by the artist for a
check, with an intimation that the price of the
picture was So 000 Much to his astonishment
the artist received. ten days later, not check,
but the portrait of Mrs. Postmaster general
Villas, with note stating that as the Postmaster
general could find IN it no trace of resem bance
to his wife, he had therefore resolved not to keep
it.
snow it so happened that by that very
mail the artist had received letter from big
firm of cigarette manufacturers asking him if
he could let them have the sketch of a pretty
woman to use by way of taking trade label,
and on getting the portrait of Mrs. Villas. re-
turned an hour or two later, he at once saw his
way to speedy and ingenious revenge. So,
sitting down at mis- writing table, he dashed off
a note to the Postmaster-general calling his at
tention to the note by the cigarette makers,
which he iuclosed, and adding that as the por-
trait returned had resemblance to his wife,
he 1.-THE Postmaster general would, of course,
have objection to his using it for the cigarette
label. 1t will probably not surprise my readers
to learn thar the Postmas ter general had very
strong objections to the proposal of the artist,
and that the correspondence and incident were
ultimately closed by Mr.. Postmaster general
paying the So 600, and having the portrait of his
wife returned to him.
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SIM COY,S MAN.

An attempt is being made to create the inn
preston that DR.. Edenharter, the Sim Gov
candidate for Mayor, is peculiarly fitted for
the position, is the spontaneous choice of a
large body Of citizens and remarkable case
of the Office seeking the man. All this is
very funny DIR. Edenharter is a professional
politician, and his objective point for some
years past has been the mayoralty The only
training he has for the Office is that he has
been in training for it ever since he entered
politics. If he has any peculiar qualifications
for the Office, either of an executive or judi
cial character, they have not come to the sur
face yet. The idea of his being the sponta-
neous choice, even of any considerable number
of Democrats, is absurd. He is simply the
choice of the Sim Coy gang. He is essenti-
ally and emphatically Sim Coy's man. His
nomination was a foregone conclusion weeks
before the convention met simply because
Coy had so determined. The convention
merely registered the edict The election of
Edenharter would be the triumph of Coy as
much as if the latter were himself the candi-
date. With Edenharter as Mayor Coy would
be the executive head of the city, and the en-
tire administration would be a reign of Coy
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-04-19
ARMY COURTs-MARTIAL.
A Sample of the Favoritism of the Arbitrar.
Gold-Tfnseled Courts.

Sample of the Favoritism of the Arbitrary
ld-Tinseled Courts.
". E. Curtiss Letter.
1t is understood that the judge-advocate gen.
eral of the army has recommended the approval
of the sentence of dismissal that WAS pronounced
by the court-martial which tried Major Benreen,
of the Ninth Cavalry. 1t is not believed, how
ever, that the President will approve it, for
General Sheridan will certainly exercise his in
fuence in behalf of one of the most gallant
officers of the army. who has splendid
record and was never in trouble before. Ben
teens history is a remarkable one. He was born
in Virginia and raised in Missouri AT the first
tap OF the drum he enlisted In the Union army,
at the outbreak of the war; and was lieuten-
ant in the first Union regiment raised in Mis-
souri,, although his family were secessionists.
He served continuously till the surrender, COM
ing out a colonel. In the reorganization OF the
army he was appointed major of a colored regi-
ment of regular troops, but his native prejudices
having come from a family of Shareholders were
such that he declined and was put at the foot of
the list of captains IN the white regiments. AS
luck would have it, after nearly twenty years Of
service, when he reached his majority. he was
assigned to the colored regiment, and had to
take it or resign. AS a captain in the Seventh
Cavalry he with Custer at the battle of
the Little Big Horn, and when Reno proved in
competent Benteen, by force of his ability and
the confidence of the men. took command and
eXtrcated the remnant of his regiment Had it
not been for his courage and GOODNESS the entire
talon Custer had
Last fall Benteen was sent into the desert of
Utah to erect post. The site. which had been
selected by incompetent board. was bad
one, and Benteens troops nearly starved because
of the incompetence or the neglect of his SUI
perior officers. There cabal in his COM
mand which attributed all the trouble to him.
and, being helpless. he did foolish thing in
getting drunk. Charges were made against him
by his enemies and he was convicted of drunk
enness on duty by his own men. 1t was sup
posed that his long and faithful service. his ex
emplary life at the post, and the reputation he
had acquired as officer and gentleman would
be taken into consideration mitigating his of
Tense. but the court imposed the severest penalty
known-dissmssal from the service The same
week lieutenant was convicted Of dragging one
of his men across a parade ground tied to the
heels of mule. This officer sentenced to
suspension for year. Benteen was SEN
fenced to dismissal Military courts, like civil
courts, eccentric. The youngster who had
committed an act of barbarism on one of his men
was the subject of mercy; the old officer, with
twenty -sx years of gallant service, was not. AS
said, do not believe that Sheridan will fail to
intercede for Benteen He knows him WE'LL has
served with him, and believes that he is perse.
cuted,
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of that and other States than all
the monopolies that ever existed.
The Louisiana Lottery virtually owns
the State, controlling its Legislature, its
courts, its State officers, its banks, its society,
and, for all we know, its churches. Com
pared with its operations those of the Cotton
seed Oil Trust are legitimate and harmless.
The latter is, at least, result of legitimate
business enterprise, though it may be grasp
ing monopoly The lottery is simply a
gambling concern, and has worked incalculable
harm to the people, not only of Louisiana,
but of the country at large. The present
Attorney general like all his predecessors for
many years past. is probably under its in
iuence. In attacking the Cotton seed Oil
Trust and letting this lottery go free he shows
he belongs to the class of those who
Compound for sins they are inclined to
BY damnng those they have no mind TO.
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quittal At all events, before ,denouncing
those eleven men as corrupt, the friends of
Haddock should reflect that there is at least
possibility that some of them, at least, acted
from conscientious motives, and also that the
conviction of an innocent man could serve no
good purpose in the end. Vengeance is not
what they should seek, but justice, and there
is reason to suppose that this may be OBJ
tanned by following up certain clews devel-
oped in the trial. which point to the guilt of
another man. 1t were better, however for
themselves and the cause they represent, that
the murderer should finally escape than that
their righteous wrath should be transformed
into lawless violence. Nothing is to be gained
by adopting the illegal tactics of the whisky
element,
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mr.. "SAM" JONES will soon begin revival
work in San Francisco.
ALTA CALIFORNIA;: Kaiser William prefers to
wear his hat when sitting for picture, because
he is as bald as an Edam cheese.
RAs ALULA, the general of King John, of
Abyssina. never laughs and horsewhips his ser
wants if there is the slightest delay in the exc
cution of his orders.
THE doctors have condemned the portiere.
They say it absorbs dust. odors, malaria and
other infections. and is decidedly unhealthful in
its present multiplied condition.
II SHOULD like to see any kind of man, DIS
tingushable from gorilla, that some good and
even pretty woman could not shape husband
out Of. says Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Puck: Wife lat breakfast table)-How beau
tifully Mrs. Cadwailader was dressed at the
opera last night Her costume was a revelation
to me. Husband (dryly)-And to me. too g
SOMETIMES postmaster is amusingiy literal
A gentleman recently wrote to his wife, who was
visiting in town in Maine, addressing her by
her first name. Harriet" The letter went tc
the dead letter Office. although the postmaster
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CLEVELAND, O., has a self-styled prophet
who bears the honored name of Isaac Newton
He does not claim to be descendant of the
philosopher, but any lack of modesty in this
regard is compensated by the audacity of
his claims as prophet. One of his prophe-
cies made in 1885, is that this government
will be overthrown during the latter part of
1887 by England, France Mexico and China,
and that king or conqueror will be placed
on the throne. The confederation of foreign
powers will use England merely as a cats paw
IN the ccnquering of the United States, and
they will then turn upon her and lay her in
the dust. The reason, he says, why we have
no coast defenses is because foreign powers
have either leagued themselves with our poll
ticians of both sides or bought them UP.
This is important, if true If the job is to
be completed this year, it is about time the
allied powers were coming to the front; and if
their plans were made before the passage of
the interstate law, they had better revise
them. That law has added very materially
to the cost of travel and transportation.
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THE HADDOCK MURDER,
ism.

The natural desire of an outraged COM
munity that the murderer of the Rev. Mr.
Haddock be apprehended and punished,
should not be allowed to degenerate into an
unreasoning demand of ''life for life" re-
CARELESS of the actual guilt Of the one upon
whom they wish to wreak vengeance. 1t was
an acknowledged fact that Arensdorf was one
of the men who lay in wait for Haddock on
the night of the shooting with intent to
threaten or assault him; but the testimony,
so far as the telegraphed reports show, is
somewhat conflicting as to the part he took in
the affair, and there seems to have been room
for doubt that he fred the fatal shot. So far
as his previous career was concerned, he was
undoubtedly the most intelligent and re-
spectacle member of the gang, and this
fact probably had its influence with the
eleven members of the jury who favored aO-
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A BosToN business man is quoted as say
ing that while a graduate of one of the
grammar schools of that city is figuring out
bank discount it would be saving of time
for the book-keeper to run over to New York
and get the discount from the cashier of the
bank on which the draft is drawn. These
business men never can be made to under
stand the full stupendousness of the public
school system, and are continually misappre-
bending its purpose. They ought to have
learned by this time, from frequent repetition
of the fact by educators that the great object
in teaching mathematics is to strengthen the
mental powers. Nothing is ever said about
matters of such minor importance as calculat-
ing interest and discount
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Rather Too Sweeping.
Boston Transcript.

Boston TRANSCRIPT
Isn't it rather too severe to bring an indct-
ment OF stupidity against the whole sex because
number of women have been misled by Mrs.
Howe's promise of wonderful interest invest
ments2 While it is true that few women have
any knowledge of business and banking, yet this
is more the fault of the education women re-
ceive, an education entirely under the guidance
Af men, than of women themselves. 1t did not
need the final crash to tell business men that the
interest paid by Grant 81 Ward was inconsistent
With legitimate business methods or safety aud
ye, that firm had thousands of business men
AIMING its investors In this case it was cupid
ity, not stupidity whereas most women who are
inve.sting in the Woman's Bank are the victims
of on womans cunning and their own ignorance
of busuness.
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SOME prominent citizens Of Washington.
who are regular patrons of bob-tail street
car line, struck" a few days ago, against the
fare-box, and agreed among themselves to pay
no fares except to conductor, and to pass up
none for other passengers. They followed
this plan SO persistently that the company
was forced to make concessions, and have put
to run during the busiest hours of the day.
The same plan tried in indianapolis would
doubtless effect desired improvements with
equal promptness